olympics.

holy goshness. my life has been consisting of a lot lately.

work, reading, work, sleeping, gluten free research, gluten free cooking, work, funerals, work, weddings, friends, road trips, work, checkin' out other blogs, job searching, interviews, work.

Jesus is definitely saying, slow down ames. slow the mess down.

however, what has been really fun is watching the olympics.

when the olympics first came, i was just confused as to why it would be really intriguing because i just never had time to watch the olympics when they came on during summers & winters in the past.

i have enjoyed the olympics so much this year. to hear of amazing stories of passion and dedication to different sports is amazing. i am so proud to be from a country of such talented individuals, but also to see others from other countries succeed as well! God made us all so different and it's so neat to see how Olympians from other countries compete with those with a certain common denominator of a certain sport.

i'm really excited about the next few weeks.

concerts&weddings! :]

resting.

whew.

tons o' changes && just stuff going on right now. i have three jobs, two that are on the side & i have become engulfed with work it seems. this would happen to me because i can never say no. issue.

working on that.

i'm going gluten free for a bit to see some changeee in my lifestyle. as some of you know, health can be an issue for me at times, & i'm a fighter! so, POW! take that gluten!

& my glutenless diet is going swell! feeling great! had some issues by not eating enough the first couple days, but like i said. fighter. [[&& the Christina Ag song fighter...i know all you 90's babies were singing it.]]


needing to find that balance.

with work, summer events, & researching my new lifestyle of eating [chomp!], i've been thinking about the things i miss like reading & spending time with Jesus. also, been contemplating a lot of my passions. i'm a deep thinker.

however, [my] thoughts lead to over analyzing while prayer leads to resting.

keep my eyes on You, Lord.

loves in life.

here is a little glimpse of my loves in life lately.

[the precious pup, of course!]

[the super, awesome background i got from my super, awesome great gee!]

&& last but certainly not least...

[the relaxing holiday the 4th brought.]

hope everyone had an amazing 4th && has a wonderfuL weekend.

happy monday.

because of an appointment out of town, today was a day off from work! sweet! i love those!

my day off consisted of..

- frantically losing my phone

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- taking me about 20 minutes trying to find it..[darn when it falls in a hiding place in the car]

- stopping to fill up the gas tank [which i'm using my mothers tanK this week..!]

- 45 min drive with lovely starbucks treat for myself :]]] yumm-eeeee.

- appointment went fantastic

- lunch with this sweet, sweet friend. such a jokester she is.

- finding AWESOME vintage pieces to use in the home&&found a vintage button down that is amazing to say the least. here is a little sneak peek to my fab-O finds. [more to come on the fab items]

- then car inspection&car related things.

my first blog post with pics. from my phone until i can get a handy-dandy, awesome snapper.

happy monday!

society.

oh hi!

sorry for the delay in blogging. life has been crazy whack. ready to get back to the grind.

i am so [disturbed&disgusted] by the ridiculousness i found on the internet the other day. i was looking at a couple things on twitter, just browsing through some profiles when i came across this nonsense:

"Sorry slut, your vagina doesn't have a delete history button."

tweet from @CauseWereGuys

i am appalled by this & how society makes women out to be a "slut" for being with numerous people, but giving men no responsibility for actions.

let me make myself clear on this however:

i am not saying that men will not take responsibility for a woman sleeping with multiple men. women ARE responsible for sleeping with multiple people. however, i am upset at how men can sleep with multiple women are nothing is said, but if a woman does, she is viewed as a "slut."

a woman's number could be the same as a man's, however she is viewed differently.

i think this is completely wrong and disgusting especially for our society to be at this point.

&& women, if you are affected by this type of negative talk, there is grace..

there is a "delete history" button in the sake of JESUS. He gave his life to take away our mistakes.

there is NOTHING that we can do to take the gift of grace and love that Jesus gave us away.

You are HIS, not that of the world. You are His daughter. A Daughter of the King.

whether your number is 1 or 101, there is grace. repent and step away from the enemy who has grabbed hold of you. 

at the same time, someone who agrees with the quoted tweet above would never be a man in my book. these people are not loving people like Jesus; and someone who thinks this is even funny is repulsive.

In His Love-

choose to trust.

church today was just amazing for me. i've always had trust issues & today was really eye opening to the chains that have been binding me on this issue. here is the sermon we watched today at church & it was much needed not only for me but everyone! we could always use reinforcement on how important trust is in relationships.

i always knew i had trust issues, but this really put it into perspective for me. it is my choice whether to have trust issues or not. & it comes down to my choice to change it. same goes for you. it is your choice to change whether you are going to choose to trust.

the whole purpose of the life apps sermon series at Journey is to apply these vital sermons to our lives. that being said, i am excited to apply the things i've learned over the past few weeks to my life. especially this because i've had such a struggle with trust. trusting friends, guys, family even. & like Andy says in this sermon, everyone says they have someone that is the exception to the rule to this trusting application. no. did the Lord have an exception of people he chose not to love? & we should strive to be like Christ; therefore, trust.

i just think this sermon is great & if you have about 30 minutes just watch it. it's really great & has lots of tips on how to trust&love how the Lord tells us to.

in His Love--

who we become.

so, it took me 2 whole months to read the book captivating. what's the reason it took me so long you ask? because i learned so much from this book. sometimes i would read a page a day & just reread it because i wanted to take in everything it had to say. however, i know i do not remember every single line out of that book. i did highlight many parts & look upon them often to remember certain areas that i may struggle with. i have to say that it is a book every woman should read. this book came at a very great time for me as well. the Lord placed this as my first book to read after Christmas because He knew what i was going to endure.

i have grown up with the feelings of not being good enough for a lot of people, my family, boys, friends even. i wrestle with those thoughts&feelings every day. the only person who needs to validate my beauty and worth is the Lord. no one else. not friends, not boys, not family. & that should be enough for all of us. we shouldn't need the attention of a million people to validate what we do, say, feel, look like; we shouldn't need people to validate who we are or who we become.

today, my prayer is that you and i keep our eyes fixed on this fact: the Lord is enough for us. the Lord will provide everything we need.

no family, no relationship, & no friend can do that.

in His Love--